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September 12, 2024
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Trial to assess personalized vaccine for aggressive brain tumors

Trial to assess personalized vaccine for aggressive brain tumors

A first-in-human clinical trial will assess the safety of a personalized vaccine to treat diffuse hemispheric glioma, an aggressive brain tumor.

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September 11, 2024
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Risk for second primary malignancies no greater with CAR-T than other standard therapies

Risk for second primary malignancies no greater with CAR-T than other standard therapies

Patients who received chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy did not exhibit increased risk for second primary malignancies compared with those who received other standard treatments, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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September 09, 2024
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Perioperative nivolumab improves outcomes in resectable NSCLC

Perioperative nivolumab improves outcomes in resectable NSCLC

Immunotherapy before and after surgery significantly improved EFS compared with neoadjuvant immunotherapy only for patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer, according to a comparison of results from two randomized phase 3 trials.

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September 06, 2024
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Conference to take ‘full-circle’ approach to evidence-based integrative oncology

Conference to take ‘full-circle’ approach to evidence-based integrative oncology

City of Hope will host Society for Integrative Oncology’s 21st International Conference from Oct. 25-27.

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September 05, 2024
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Q&A: How physicians can gear up for peak asthma month in September

Q&A: How physicians can gear up for peak asthma month in September

As fall draws near, so does the season for viruses and environmental allergens, which can trigger asthma. Experts say that with children returning to school and the season changing, allergists can expect to see an increase in patients.

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September 04, 2024
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GA2FA 2024 inspires attendees to think ‘inside the box’ to advance food allergy treatment

GA2FA 2024 inspires attendees to think ‘inside the box’ to advance food allergy treatment

The Global Allergy and Asthma Excellence Network, or GA2LEN, will host its biannual global meeting from Sept. 5 to 7.

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September 03, 2024
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Top news of August: FDA neffy approval, women’s asthma health, APA-AAI conference, more

Top news of August: FDA neffy approval, women’s asthma health, APA-AAI conference, more

Healio has compiled August’s most-read news in asthma and allergy.

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August 29, 2024
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Individualized neoantigen therapy could be ‘huge leap’ toward personalized medicine

Individualized neoantigen therapy could be ‘huge leap’ toward personalized medicine

A novel therapeutic approach stimulated new and existing T-cell responses among patients with melanoma or non-small cell lung cancer, according to results of a phase 1 trial.

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August 28, 2024
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San Antonio stroll identifies characteristics of common allergenic trees

San Antonio stroll identifies characteristics of common allergenic trees

SAN ANTONIO — Tricia Sowers, PhD, introduced attendees to allergenic trees along the River Walk and discussed how immunotherapy can address them at the 16th Annual Allergy, Asthma & Immunology CME Conference.

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August 23, 2024
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ASCO principles designed to guide development, ’responsible use’ of AI in oncology

ASCO principles designed to guide development, ’responsible use’ of AI in oncology

During a shareholder presentation in front of more than 500 physicians in April, Debra A. Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, FASCO, asked how many in attendance used large language models like ChatGPT and Claude.

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